Widowhood and leisure: An exploration of leisure’s role in coping and finding a new self

Standridge, Sarah H.; Dunlap, Rudy; Kleiber, Douglas A.; Aday, Ronald H.

doi:10.1080/00222216.2020.1844553

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“…It is vital to analyze the factors motivating an elderly person (especially if the person s exposed to a stressful condition like widowhood) to participate in new societies and circles to reduce or prevent the social isolation and loneliness in aging (8). The leisure time plans with social nature could be useful means to overcome social barriers, to make new social relations, and to nd a way to cope with new social functions (9). Hence, it would be better for the daily aging centers and institutions related to policymaking, social and cultural programs to identify the widows at the rst.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Widowhood can be one of the main challenges of aging, which is one of the most stressful negative events of life and brings many social challenges (7,8). More than 13% of men and 40% of women above 65 years old are a widow (9). Therefore, widowhood can be recognized as a feminine issue (10).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…However, the widow should learn to take new responsibilities and functions, and change plans, habits, conditions, and behaviors after the death of her life partner (8). Accordingly, coping with a spouse's death is di cult from multiple dimensions (9). The studies have revealed that widowhood can affect various dimensions such as physical, psychological dimensions, mortality, social interactions, and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) (14)(15)(16)(17).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Such social support can be a fundamental performance in interpersonal relations (21). Besides, a sense of belonging, family structure, relationship with friends and society members can affect the type and intensity of problems deeply (9). The relations can be adjusting and facilitating factors while coping with stressful conditions of life and other responsibilities (18,21).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Hence, access to social sources is vital to help reduction of the effect of losing a spouse and to cope with widowhood late in life (9,15,24).…”

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The Relation Between Quality of Relationships and Quality of Life of Elderly Widows in Northeastern Iran

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Nazari

Asadollahi

2021

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Objectivewidowhood is one of the inevitable challenges of aging, which may affect the quality of life. If the widow is in a good relationship with relatives and friends, the possibility of exposition to the damage caused by widowhood is decreased. Hence, the present study has been conducted to determine the relationship between quality of relationships and quality of life of elderly widows in northeastern Iran.Materials & Methodsthe descriptive-analytical study in kind of cross-sectional design was done on 1456 widows in northeastern ran in 2021. The sampling in this study was done using proportional stratified random sampling. The data collection instrument included three questionnaires of demographic information, Quality of Relationships Inventory (QRI), and Elderly Quality of Life (QoL) Questionnaire (LIPAD). Data analysis was done using SPSS-25, and Amos-21.Results75.9% of elderly widows were suffering from types of chronic diseases. 82.7% of widows were illiterate. The results of this study showed that the quality of relationships can have a significant effect on the quality of life of elderly widows (effect size≥0.30). Conclusionas it is proved that social support is an underlying indicator in health-related quality of life, the negative effects of widowhood on the quality of life can be reduced by making supporting family and social relationships.

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